Rising to the economic and environmental crises of our times requires significant shifts in all the ways we work together as a society–from policy design, to business practice, to technological innovation. At Generate Canada, we put all the tools on the table. And we bring together ambitious and committed problem-solvers, across sectors, industries, and value-chains, to effectively use those tools to foster innovation and convert proven ideas into scalable action and impact.
There is an alchemy that happens when people who touch and influence different parts of a big, complex system gather around a wicked challenge. They see how they are all connected by the problems we face. But they also see how those same connections can lead to high-impact solutions that couldn’t be achieved alone. This is the value of multi-stakeholder collaboration, and the power of our eclectic mix of partners.
Our partners inform policy recommendations, share knowledge across value chain networks, actively shape and pilot innovations, and drive impact in their sectors.
While each of our Solution Spaces develops unique partner initiatives to drive forward specific workstreams and goals, we also build partnerships that cross-cut and build capacity behind multiple solutions and our mission overall.
Explore Partnering With UsWe work with organizations that recognize the need for systems-level change and are willing to put in the time, effort, and resources to drive it forward. That includes working with organizations that have been complicit in and bear some responsibility for the complex sustainability challenges we face. In our view, these organizations must play a role in creating real and workable solutions. Increasingly, many of them are committed to doing just that–both because of external pressures as well as their own business realities.
Our approach is to harness the ingenuity and the influence of partners who are ready and willing to help change the broken systems that they are a part of. While this isn’t the only way to make progress, we believe it is an essential one.
See Partnership GuidelinesWorking reciprocally and in good relations with Indigenous peoples in Canada is essential to the vision of a strong, inclusive economy that thrives within nature’s limits. We acknowledge with gratitude the enduring connection of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples to the lands and waters of this country. We are on a journey to deepen our understanding of Indigenous connections to the lands upon which we work and the complicated and ongoing legacy of colonialism that impacts our work today. We commit to act within our sphere of influence to uphold the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to respond to the TRC’s Calls to Action, particularly call to action #92. We are taking steps forward by bringing a reconciliation lens to each of our Solution Space strategies–in some of these we are further along the journey than in others. As an organization, we are committed to building our internal capacity and culture so that we can share and grow learnings and continuously improve. We recognize that we have much further to go and embrace the learning path ahead of us with humility, care, and determination.
The complex issues we tackle often require action from all levels of government. Generate Canada engages governments at the federal, provincial, and municipal level in our Solution Spaces, often as partners in driving change. For example, representatives from Environment and Climate Change Canada sit on the Steering Committee of the Nature Investment Hub and support the Canada Plastics Pact as an implementation partner. The Government of Alberta has served as a convening partner of the Energy Futures Lab. The Lab also partnered with the Municipal Climate Action Centre to support the creation of Alberta Climate Leaders–a toolkit empowering Albertan municipalities to accelerate impactful climate solutions.
Through our partnership with the Smart Prosperity Institute, we also provide research and policy analysis to inform and support government decision-making. This includes helping inform the National Housing Accord, the Sustainable Finance Action Council’s work on climate finance and disclosure, and Canada’s role on critical minerals and the net zero transition.
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